25. And they raced to
the door, and she tore his shirt from behind, and they met her husband at the
door. She said: What shall be his reward, who wisheth evil to thy folk, save
prison or a painful doom?

‘Alfa-yaa – (they
met), it is also past tense from ‘ilfaa-‘un, which has come out from the
word la-fa-wun. Lafawun means “to hurt”. ‘Ilfaa-‘un means
“to find, to meet”. The word “talaafii” has also been derived from the
same which means “compensation, reparation”.

When; for getting
rid of the wife of Aziz (beloved agent of the king of) Egypt, Joseph
(peace be upon him) stood up and ran towards the door, she raced behind Him but
could not catch. However, His shirt came into her hand from behind. She caught
it and pulled with her full force, which was torn. When they reached out of the
door, she was behind Joseph (peace be upon him). They both saw suddenly that
the husband of that woman had been standing near the door. The woman thought:
It did not happen good. She spoke at once: This Man wished evil to your wife and
wanted to commit sexual intercourse with me forcibly. The only punishment for
such person can be that either He should be put in prison or punished
rigorously, for instance, whipped.

Transliterated Holy Qur’an in Roman Script & Translated from
Arabic to English by Marmaduke Pickthall,
Published by PaakCompany, 17-Urdu Bazaar, Lahore, Lesson collected from Dars e Qur’aan published By Idara Islaah wa Tableegh, Lahore (translated Urdu to
English by Muhammad Sharif). https://youtu.be/9EWl54dgxFA